Caballo is a quiet census-designated place in Sierra County, New Mexico, with a 2020 population of 77 and an elevation of 4,272 feet. Founded in 1908 when the Gordon family homesteaded here, it sits along the Rio Grande near Caballo Lake and the Caballo Mountains, offering a peaceful high-desert base for lake recreation and off-road exploration.
Elephant Butte sits in New Mexico’s high desert beside the state’s largest lake, offering a quiet base for water sports, fishing, and desert exploration with a population of 1,447.
Hatch, a small village in Doña Ana County along the Rio Grande, is renowned as the Chile Capital of the World for its distinctive Hatch Valley chiles that define New Mexican cuisine.
Hillsboro is a small unincorporated community in Sierra County in southwestern New Mexico, founded in 1877 after gold was discovered in the nearby Black Range. Once the Sierra County seat, it retains its historic mining-town character with adobe-lined streets, ranchers, and artists.
Las Cruces sits in southern New Mexico's Mesilla Valley at the crossroads of I-10 and I-25, a high-desert city of plazas, acequias, and Organ Mountains views where red or green chile defines the table and 320 days of sunshine invite year-round exploration.
Mesilla is a historic town in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, known for its preserved 19th-century adobe architecture, central plaza, and role in the Gadsden Purchase era, located just south of Las Cruces in the Mesilla Valley.
Monticello is a quiet unincorporated community in Sierra County, New Mexico, with deep roots in ranching and farming along the historic Cañada Alamosa.
Reserve is a village in Catron County, New Mexico, with a population of 293 at the 2020 census and an elevation of 5,860 ft. It serves as the county seat of Catron County and is known as the site of the 1884 Frisco shootout involving Elfego Baca.
Silver City sits at 5,919 feet in the foothills of the Gila National Forest in southwest New Mexico, a former mining town that now blends historic downtown charm with access to wilderness trails, cliff dwellings, and gem shows.
Truth or Consequences, county seat of Sierra County with a 2020 population of 6,052, sits at 4,311 feet and draws visitors to its geothermal hot springs and the Hot Springs Bathhouse and Commercial Historic District.
Vado is a small census-designated place in southeastern Doña Ana County, New Mexico, known for its historic roots as the first all-African American settlement in the territory and its location along El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail in the Mesilla Valley.
Winston is a tiny historic mining community in Sierra County, New Mexico, originally settled in 1881 as Fairview by miners seeking a quieter alternative to nearby Chloride. With a 2020 population of just 47, it preserves a handful of 19th-century buildings including the post office, schoolhouse, and homes amid the rugged high-desert landscape of the southwest region near the Gila National Forest.